http://searchingforsolidfooting.com/2014/03/25/random-thoughts-about-jenny-mccarthy/ Searching for solid footing in an unexpected life Tue, 04 Aug 2015 16:56:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://searchingforsolidfooting.com/2014/03/25/random-thoughts-about-jenny-mccarthy/#comment-1043 Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:05:35 +0000 http://searchingforsolidfooting.com/?p=449#comment-1043 I agree Donna. What is difficult is challenging someone’s ‘beliefs’. “I believe that vaccinations are dangerous”. how do you argue that?
It might not be a totally appropriate analogy, but we protect children in schools from things like peanut allergy – you can’t take PB or nuts to school anymore. My child is at school with no immune protection/resistance against diseases that could make her severely sick. How is it fair that non-vaccinated children can attend and possibly expose her?

]]> http://searchingforsolidfooting.com/2014/03/25/random-thoughts-about-jenny-mccarthy/#comment-1026 Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:28:49 +0000 http://searchingforsolidfooting.com/?p=449#comment-1026 Hi Julie. I have to speak out on this issue – like you, I have a child who is very fragile and would die if he were to contract a disease like measles. I have compassion for Jenny McCarthy as a mother who is/was desperate to find a diagnosis and effective treatment for her child. But she has had a profound impact on the choices parents make for their healthy babies and children. There is now a pervasive ‘Fox News’ sort of pseudo-science perception of reality around vaccines and the wider population has bought in to conspiracy theories so deeply that now, our whole society is at risk (not just our most vulnerable). What bothers me most is the selfish and self-righteous attitude of some parents who defend their stance on the evils of vaccines based on a ‘gut feeling’ and the right to individual choice over the greater good. That’s what bothers me.

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